Sep 22, 2016, 11:20 pm
Last edit by: SkiAdcock
Deal closed Sep 23 - http://news.marriott.com/2016/09/marriott-international-expanded-loyalty-benefits/
FAQ :
http://members.marriott.com/faq/#will-rewards-and-spg-be-turning-into-one-program
Will Rewards and SPG be turning into one program?
These are two of the best programs in the industry, and we want you to benefit from everything that makes SPG and Rewards great. We don’t anticipate that the two programs will come together before 2018, and we will keep you informed of any updates. In the meantime, there’s no change to how you book reservations, manage your accounts or earn Elite night credits, points and miles in the current programs
Status Matches
MR Platinum <--> SPG Platinum
MR Gold <--> SPG Gold
MR Silver <--> SPG Preferred Plus
MR Member <--> SPG Preferred
If your status changes (i.e. Gold->Plat) in one program, your status in the other program will be automatically upgraded within 24 hours per Marriott FAQ
You can now link your Marriott Rewards or Ritz-Carlton Rewards account with your SPG account.
To link your accounts, log in to either account at:
http://www.spg.com/linkmarriott
http://members.marriott.com/
It will be a 3:1 transfer ratio between MR-SPG
If I have Lifetime Status in one of the programs, will I also get it in the other program when I link my accounts?
This is the Official Answer : "We appreciate your loyalty! Lifetime Status is specific to the program that you earned it in. While linking accounts will not result in Lifetime Status in the other program, your Elite status will be matched to the same Elite tier in the other program. Any existing Lifetime Status you already hold within either program will still be enjoyed within that program. We’re working on more ways to recognize your loyalty and Lifetime Status as we work towards harmonizing the programs, which we don’t anticipate happening until 2018."
Transferring points from SPG to MR does NOT change lifetime MR points.
Transferring points from SPG to MR does NOT count as activity & therefore does not extend the expiration date of points.
SPG platinum member matched to MR plat and now interested in the MR - UA Silver status match ? Check here.
Updated Terms and Conditions for the two programs can be found at
http://members.marriott.com/terms-conditions/
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/preferredguest/legal/spg_terms.html
Complete listing of all the hotel brands in the in the merged company :
http://www.marriott.com/marriott-brands.mi#ourbrands
http://www.marriott.com/Images/Brands/brands_page_2016/global_architecture_images/US_MAR_SPG_brand_architecture.png
FAQ :
http://members.marriott.com/faq/#will-rewards-and-spg-be-turning-into-one-program
Will Rewards and SPG be turning into one program?
These are two of the best programs in the industry, and we want you to benefit from everything that makes SPG and Rewards great. We don’t anticipate that the two programs will come together before 2018, and we will keep you informed of any updates. In the meantime, there’s no change to how you book reservations, manage your accounts or earn Elite night credits, points and miles in the current programs
Status Matches
MR Platinum <--> SPG Platinum
MR Gold <--> SPG Gold
MR Silver <--> SPG Preferred Plus
MR Member <--> SPG Preferred
If your status changes (i.e. Gold->Plat) in one program, your status in the other program will be automatically upgraded within 24 hours per Marriott FAQ
You can now link your Marriott Rewards or Ritz-Carlton Rewards account with your SPG account.
To link your accounts, log in to either account at:
http://www.spg.com/linkmarriott
http://members.marriott.com/
It will be a 3:1 transfer ratio between MR-SPG
If I have Lifetime Status in one of the programs, will I also get it in the other program when I link my accounts?
This is the Official Answer : "We appreciate your loyalty! Lifetime Status is specific to the program that you earned it in. While linking accounts will not result in Lifetime Status in the other program, your Elite status will be matched to the same Elite tier in the other program. Any existing Lifetime Status you already hold within either program will still be enjoyed within that program. We’re working on more ways to recognize your loyalty and Lifetime Status as we work towards harmonizing the programs, which we don’t anticipate happening until 2018."
Transferring points from SPG to MR does NOT change lifetime MR points.
Transferring points from SPG to MR does NOT count as activity & therefore does not extend the expiration date of points.
SPG platinum member matched to MR plat and now interested in the MR - UA Silver status match ? Check here.
Updated Terms and Conditions for the two programs can be found at
http://members.marriott.com/terms-conditions/
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/preferredguest/legal/spg_terms.html
Complete listing of all the hotel brands in the in the merged company :
http://www.marriott.com/marriott-brands.mi#ourbrands
http://www.marriott.com/Images/Brands/brands_page_2016/global_architecture_images/US_MAR_SPG_brand_architecture.png
Marriott/Starwood merger closed; FAQs; Status Match; MR & SPG accounts can be linked
Jan 16, 2017, 5:11 pm
#721
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,511
I'm sorry - I'm positive I seen this somewhere already....as for the SPG Plat match to Marriott - I automatically received my package last year for the United status match. Is that going to just happen again now for the New Year as I am Plat again or does a person have to initiate anything?
Jan 16, 2017, 11:45 pm
#722
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: India
Programs: Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium, IHG Plat, HH Gold, Trident Plat, DL Diamond, AI Maharajah
Posts: 29,678
I agree. I'm going for the 50 nights this year at SPG to get my LT Plat and then will definitely re-evaluate my stay patterns. My Ambassador has been great, and I would definitely get to the 100 if I knew I could keep her in 2018, but with no news on what 2018 holds, it may be a gamble too far.
Marriott has started a personal concierge program, but its qualification requirements are unpublished and it's supposedly experimental as are the guidelines regarding what concierges are empowered to do and what they're supposed to do.
BTW, Hyatt is also moving in this direction. Globalists with 60 night's in the new WOH program will be assigned some sort of personal concierge. It's unclear what will happen to the current private line agent program and how the functions will compare.
BTW, Hyatt is also moving in this direction. Globalists with 60 night's in the new WOH program will be assigned some sort of personal concierge. It's unclear what will happen to the current private line agent program and how the functions will compare.
if i continue with my regular stay patterns & don't divert any spg stays to other chains then i will end the year with over 100 nights....i would expect marriott to announce what the merged program would look like in the 3rd or 4th quarter of the year so by that time i'll know whether to go for 100 nights or not....
Jan 20, 2017, 10:39 pm
#723
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: USA
Posts: 1,084
Hi guys
I was over on Amex Canada website to see what kind of cards they offer up there and saw this footnote on the Canadian version of the SPG Amex:
You can earn 2 Starpoints for every dollar of eligible purchases charged to the Card at participating SPG®* and Marriott Rewards®* hotels from November 15, 2016 through November 15, 2017
There's no similar date mentioned on the US site. Could
This be a key date regarding the merger of programs ? Or maybe just Amex losing
SPG ?
I was over on Amex Canada website to see what kind of cards they offer up there and saw this footnote on the Canadian version of the SPG Amex:
You can earn 2 Starpoints for every dollar of eligible purchases charged to the Card at participating SPG®* and Marriott Rewards®* hotels from November 15, 2016 through November 15, 2017
There's no similar date mentioned on the US site. Could
This be a key date regarding the merger of programs ? Or maybe just Amex losing
SPG ?
Jan 21, 2017, 7:22 am
#724
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: New York, NY
Programs: Delta - Gold; Starwood - Platinum; HHonors - Diamond & Avis Preferred
Posts: 10,869
Hi guys
I was over on Amex Canada website to see what kind of cards they offer up there and saw this footnote on the Canadian version of the SPG Amex:
You can earn 2 Starpoints for every dollar of eligible purchases charged to the Card at participating SPG®* and Marriott Rewards®* hotels from November 15, 2016 through November 15, 2017
There's no similar date mentioned on the US site. Could
This be a key date regarding the merger of programs ? Or maybe just Amex losing
SPG ?
I was over on Amex Canada website to see what kind of cards they offer up there and saw this footnote on the Canadian version of the SPG Amex:
You can earn 2 Starpoints for every dollar of eligible purchases charged to the Card at participating SPG®* and Marriott Rewards®* hotels from November 15, 2016 through November 15, 2017
There's no similar date mentioned on the US site. Could
This be a key date regarding the merger of programs ? Or maybe just Amex losing
SPG ?
Jan 21, 2017, 9:14 pm
#725
Join Date: Dec 2006
Programs: United 1K, *wood LT Plat
Posts: 825
Marriott has started a personal concierge program, but its qualification requirements are unpublished and it's supposedly experimental as are the guidelines regarding what concierges are empowered to do and what they're supposed to do.
BTW, Hyatt is also moving in this direction. Globalists with 60 night's in the new WOH program will be assigned some sort of personal concierge. It's unclear what will happen to the current private line agent program and how the functions will compare.
BTW, Hyatt is also moving in this direction. Globalists with 60 night's in the new WOH program will be assigned some sort of personal concierge. It's unclear what will happen to the current private line agent program and how the functions will compare.
Jan 22, 2017, 8:37 pm
#726
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: LHR and ZRH
Programs: BA GGL, SQ PPS, HH Diamond, SPG LTP/100, Marriott Platinum, Mucci des Lois Constitutionelles
Posts: 1,007
Jan 23, 2017, 12:29 pm
#727
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: PHL
Programs: AA EXP MM, HHonors Lifetime Diamond, Marriott Lifetime Ti, UA Silver
Posts: 5,037
Jan 24, 2017, 10:05 pm
#728
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: SPG Lifetime Platinum, Hyatt Diamond, JetBlue Mosaic, AA Platinum, National Executive Elite
Posts: 599
The Hyatt one sounds tempting - I've been pretty loyal to SPG hotels over the past ten or so years but am definitely anticipating needing to look around. While it may be anathema on FT, I'm more interested in good in-hotel treatment than the pure value of points. 60 nights sounds kinda low though for a truly differentiated program. I've also really liked Kimpton hotels and could see myself increasing my stays there.
More importantly, you only get credit for one room, (if you have mult. rooms for family or co-workers) toward the 60 nights requirement AND points stays also don't count.
Add that with the elimination of welcome gifts (like SPG, points are usually the best option) for their top-tier members, ZERO benefits now for staying at their lower-tier Hyatt Place or Hyatt House hotels and many hotels increasingly playing games with the 'standard rooms' category so they never have award nights availability.
Jan 29, 2017, 3:57 am
#729
Join Date: Jan 2017
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Titanium, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 2,198
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Last edited by SHLTP; Feb 26, 2017 at 12:22 am
Feb 2, 2017, 12:42 pm
#730
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: SE USA
Programs: DL DM/MM , IHG Plat, MR Titanium, HH Gold, EK Frequent Kettle, UA Silver, AA Hater
Posts: 2,020
Alright...no flaming please.
How in the world does one get UA silver if they ALREADY have a UA number?
The link that is posted everywhere (https://mrrewardsplus.com) wants you to sign up for a new UA account.
How in the world does one get UA silver if they ALREADY have a UA number?
The link that is posted everywhere (https://mrrewardsplus.com) wants you to sign up for a new UA account.
Feb 2, 2017, 2:01 pm
#731
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: TUL
Programs: AA EXP 2MM; Marriott Titanium; Hilton Diamond; Hyatt Explorist; Vistana 5* Elite; Nat'l Exec Elite
Posts: 6,177
Alright...no flaming please.
How in the world does one get UA silver if they ALREADY have a UA number?
The link that is posted everywhere (https://mrrewardsplus.com) wants you to sign up for a new UA account.
How in the world does one get UA silver if they ALREADY have a UA number?
The link that is posted everywhere (https://mrrewardsplus.com) wants you to sign up for a new UA account.
Feb 3, 2017, 12:41 pm
#732
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: SE USA
Programs: DL DM/MM , IHG Plat, MR Titanium, HH Gold, EK Frequent Kettle, UA Silver, AA Hater
Posts: 2,020
Feb 6, 2017, 4:14 pm
#733
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: MKE
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, AA Plat Pro, MR LTP, others from cards
Posts: 890
I have SPG LTP, didn't both hitting 25 stays/50 nights last year as the SNAs are pretty much worthless (most expired unused last year).
Just got a Marriott physical mailing welcoming me to Gold for 2017 -- maybe based on my SPG activity as I did only one or two Marriott stays. Or possibly a soft landing if Marriott does that. Certainly wrong, as I still have SPG plat thanks to lifetime status. Can't find my 2017 Marriott status online, but it shows me as currently platinum but with an offer to "buy back" my status for 2017 for 40K points.
I'll ignore this for now, but heads up that there seems to be a glitch in automatically renewing linked Marriott status from lifetime SPG status. That's a separate issue from the still unresolved question of what will happen to us once the programs merge.
Just got a Marriott physical mailing welcoming me to Gold for 2017 -- maybe based on my SPG activity as I did only one or two Marriott stays. Or possibly a soft landing if Marriott does that. Certainly wrong, as I still have SPG plat thanks to lifetime status. Can't find my 2017 Marriott status online, but it shows me as currently platinum but with an offer to "buy back" my status for 2017 for 40K points.
I'll ignore this for now, but heads up that there seems to be a glitch in automatically renewing linked Marriott status from lifetime SPG status. That's a separate issue from the still unresolved question of what will happen to us once the programs merge.
Feb 7, 2017, 1:28 am
#734
formerly fdemoulin
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: UK
Programs: SPG Lifetime Platinum, BA Silver, Virgin Flying Club Red
Posts: 916
I have SPG LTP, didn't both hitting 25 stays/50 nights last year as the SNAs are pretty much worthless (most expired unused last year).
Just got a Marriott physical mailing welcoming me to Gold for 2017 -- maybe based on my SPG activity as I did only one or two Marriott stays. Or possibly a soft landing if Marriott does that. Certainly wrong, as I still have SPG plat thanks to lifetime status. Can't find my 2017 Marriott status online, but it shows me as currently platinum but with an offer to "buy back" my status for 2017 for 40K points.
I'll ignore this for now, but heads up that there seems to be a glitch in automatically renewing linked Marriott status from lifetime SPG status. That's a separate issue from the still unresolved question of what will happen to us once the programs merge.
Just got a Marriott physical mailing welcoming me to Gold for 2017 -- maybe based on my SPG activity as I did only one or two Marriott stays. Or possibly a soft landing if Marriott does that. Certainly wrong, as I still have SPG plat thanks to lifetime status. Can't find my 2017 Marriott status online, but it shows me as currently platinum but with an offer to "buy back" my status for 2017 for 40K points.
I'll ignore this for now, but heads up that there seems to be a glitch in automatically renewing linked Marriott status from lifetime SPG status. That's a separate issue from the still unresolved question of what will happen to us once the programs merge.
Feb 10, 2017, 8:49 pm
#735
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 4
Marriott has started a personal concierge program, but its qualification requirements are unpublished and it's supposedly experimental as are the guidelines regarding what concierges are empowered to do and what they're supposed to do.
BTW, Hyatt is also moving in this direction. Globalists with 60 night's in the new WOH program will be assigned some sort of personal concierge. It's unclear what will happen to the current private line agent program and how the functions will compare.
BTW, Hyatt is also moving in this direction. Globalists with 60 night's in the new WOH program will be assigned some sort of personal concierge. It's unclear what will happen to the current private line agent program and how the functions will compare.